Seinfeld, ‘House of Cards,’ ‘Burning Love,’ Among 2013 Webby Winners

The 17th Annual Webby Awards, hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt, took place in New York City last night to once again award the best in what the Internet has to offer.

In a year when “House of Cards” dominated the conversation for a couple of weeks in February, and had many people openly discussing if it would lead to a disruption within the linear television distribution model, it was only natural to see the political drama take home The Webby Special Achievement Award. The award was presented by series star Robin Wright to the man who plays her onscreen husband, Kevin Spacey, and show producer Dana Brunetti. In true Webby form, when accepting the award, Spacey’s five-word speech was: “The Oscars should do this.”

“Burning Love,” the other original online video property that has received a lot of attention and love in the past year, also took home a Special Achievement Webby Award. The award was presented by show star Michael Ian Black and accepted by show producer Ben Stiller, writer Erica Oyama, and actor/director (and Oyama’s real-life husband) Ken Marino. The five-word speech from the trio was: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Beyonce! Gracias.” Check out Black’s hilarious introduction here:

The Special Achievement Webby Award for Outstanding Comedic Performance went to none other than Jerry Seinfeld for “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” Presenter Colin Quinn joked that Seinfeld’s five-word acceptance speech should be: “I can buy this place.” But the man went for a more Seinfeld-y “Why five words? It doesn’t — ”